Admissions

All applications for admission as a full-time student
to our programmes should be made through UCAS (the
Universities and Colleges
Admissions Service). Normally schools will be able
to
tell you how to do this, but if you have left
school or are applying
from abroad, you can obtain the relevant
information directly from
UCAS or from you nearest British Council office.
Completed forms
should normally be received by UCAS before 15
January for admission
in the following September. Late applications will
not normally be considered by the department. For students wishing to
take a year's break between
school and university, applications should be made
in the normal
way and, if appropriate, an offer will be made to
defer entry for
a year.

All students have to satisfy certain basic entrance
requirements, given in the UCL Undergraduate Prospectus.
Your attention is drawn to the AS level and GCSE requirements.
Please
contact
the Admissions Tutor, admissions AT math.ucl.ac.uk, if
clarification
is required. You should make sure you are able to
satisfy these. In addition you will have to satisfy the department’s own
entrance requirements. Demand for places on our degrees
is very
competitive with around 1,750 applicants for about 200
places in recent years.
For this reason we ask for high entry grades. We also
require
these
because our programmes are intellectually demanding and
academic
in nature. You are strongly advised to consult your
teachers about your predicted examination grades before making an
application to ensure you are likely to meet the requirements.

In the majority of cases the decision on
whether to offer an applicant a place is made on the basis of the
information given in the UCAS application, supplemented by information
on achieved module percentages (see below). We encourage offer holders to attend one of the department's open days. Where
attendance at an open day is impractical for students who are resident
abroad or who live a long distance from UCL, we can arrange individual visits to the department. Applicants invited to an open day will not be interviewed but
will have the opportunity to meet with staff and members and current
students in an informal atmosphere, and have any questions answered.

In a small minority of cases, the
department may wish to interview applicants. Those invited to interview
will be those that have a very strong and promising overall application
but who are weaker in one element of the selection criteria, or an
element of their application appears anomalous. The content of the
interview, undertaken by a member of staff, will reflect that particular
element under consideration. For applicants outside England and Wales,
the interview may be held by telephone.

Offers of places are normally made
conditional on applicants obtaining three GCE A level subjects plus a
pass in a further subject at AS level. Students must obtain grade A* at A
level in either Mathematics, Pure Mathematics or Mathematics with
Statistics, and additionally obtain grade A* at A level in either
Further Mathematics, Applied Mathematics or Statistics. Alternatively
our standard offer may be met with grades of A*A in two Mathematics A
levels and additionally a 1 in any STEP paper or a Distinction in the
Mathematics Advanced Extension Award (AEA).

It is possible to enter the Mathematics
degree (G100) without having done Applied Mathematics/Mechanics at GCE A
level or AS level.

Upon application students are asked to
supply details of grades and, more importantly, marks achieved in
Mathematics and Further Mathematics modules that they have sat when
filling out the Qualifications section of the UCAS application. They
should do this regardless of whether the modules have been certified and
whether they intend to resit the module examinations. Failure to
provide this information is likely to cause severe delays in the process
of making a decision on the outcome of the application.

UK A levels: G107, G100,
G1LC, G1L1, G1NF, G1N2, G1TX, G1T9, GGC3, GG13: A*A*A to include
Mathematics and Further Mathematics both at A*; G1FH, G1F3, GF1H, GF13:
A*A*A to include Mathematics, Further Mathematics at A* and Physics at
grade A. Alternatively our conditions may be met with one A* grade in
Mathematics or Further Mathematics, as opposed to two, and a 1 in any
STEP paper or a Distinction in the AEA in Mathematics. A pass in a
further subject at AS level is required for all programmes.

IB Diploma: G107, G100,
G1LC, G1L1, G1NF, G1N2, G1TX, G1T9, GGC3, GG13: 39-40 points with a
score of 20 points in three higher level subjects to include grade 7 in
Mathematics or 19 points in three higher level subjects including 7 in
Mathematics and a 1 in any STEP paper or a distinction in Mathematics
AEA; G1FH, G1F3, GF1H, GF13: As for the courses above, but Physics must
be passed at higher level with a mark of at least 6 points.

We are also happy to consider making
offers to applicants with alternative qualifications equivalent to GCE A
level, Scottish Advanced Highers/CSYS, the various baccalaureates and
other European qualifications, etc. subject to overarching UCL
regulations. If you are not sure whether your qualifications would be
suitable, you should contact the Departmental Admissions Tutor.

Two weeks before the beginning of term the department offers a mathematics bridging course. Of course the study of areas of mathematics that are done at A-level,
particularly calculus, continues in mathematics degree course. However, university mathematics differs
considerably from A-level, both in the style of teaching and in the greater
demands made on the student’s ability to:

The bridging course aims to introduce students to these features of
university mathematics via some interesting new topics in pure mathematics,
while also having another look at some of the mathematics familiar from A-level
in this new context.

Many students want to defer entry to university
and have a ‘gap year’. The department is happy to accept
such students.
After a year away from study, students will find that their knowledge
of mathematics has become a little rusty. They will therefore need
to make a thorough revision of A level Mathematics before taking
up their place. The Departmental Admissions Tutor can advise prospective
students about this. In particular, students may wish to attend
the department’s Mathematics Bridging Course (see above).

Panos
Tofarides, an alumnus of the Department, has kindly sponsored an award of 1000
Euros, for the most academically promising student joining the Mathematics
Department from Cyprus. The award winner will be chosen by the Mathematics
Department in August 2017 from amongst the cohort of first year students.

Other
Scholarships available to students in the Department can be found here